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    If a place or a night is buzzy, it feels alive: many people, much talk, something going on. A new café can be buzzy on a Friday; a quiet library is not.

    If a place or a night is buzzy如果一個地方或一個夜晚是buzzy的, it feels alive它感覺很有活力: many people, much talk, something going on人很多、聊天聲很多、有事情正在發生。A new café can be buzzy on a Friday一間新開的咖啡廳在星期五可以是buzzy的; a quiet library is not一間安靜的圖書館就不是。

    and magazines like the word. It is informal, a little fashionable, not a textbook adjective.

    Reviewers and magazines like the word評論家和雜誌很喜歡用這個字。It is informal, a little fashionable, not a textbook adjective它是口語的、有點時髦,不是課本上的形容詞。

    Though actually, buzzy can also mean 'making a buzz sound', like an insect by your ear, but the sense here is the exciting-atmosphere one. It is buzz plus -y: full of that busy, humming energy.

    Though actually不過其實, buzzy can also mean 'making a buzz sound'buzzy也可以指『發出嗡嗡聲』, like an insect by your ear就像蟲子在你耳邊叫一樣, but the sense here is the exciting-atmosphere one但這裡講的是那種讓人興奮的氣氛意思。It is buzz plus -y它是buzz加上-y: full of that busy, humming energy充滿那種忙碌、嗡嗡作響的能量。

    We say it of rooms, streets, openings, and online scenes more than of one still person. If you only need one picture, think of a shop that has just opened and already has a queue and a lot of chatter.

    We say it of rooms, streets, openings, and online scenes我們比較常用這個字形容房間、街道、開幕活動和網路上的場景 more than of one still person比較少用來形容一個安靜不動的人。If you only need one picture如果你只想要一個畫面, think of a shop that has just opened就想像一間剛開幕的店 and already has a queue and a lot of chatter已經大排長龍又充滿聊天聲。

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組成buzz (excited energy, or a busy hum) + -y (full of that).

同家族的字

  • buzzthe excited feeling in the air
  • buzzwordsame buzz: talk that suddenly feels important

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

buzzyadj/ˈbʌzi/

  • 1

    Having a buzzing sound.

    • Collins shifts the slide, and the trumpet phrase gets faster and faster until it blurs into a buzzy pitch.
  • 2

    informalBeing the subject of cultural buzz.

    • This time, my host asked me if I was part of LinkedIn, a buzzy Web site intended to link people with similar business interests.
    • In recent years, the region has tried to foster a buzzier tech scene, and now boasts successful home-grown companies like the educational technology provider EverFi as well as startup accelerators like the cybersecurity-focused Mach37, which is funded by the state of Virginia.
  • 3

    informalUsing a large number of buzzwords.

    • The author is using some buzzy language—derived from prevailing theories in his discipline—that, when replicated throughout the manuscript, prompted a reader to worry that the work, while sensitive and brilliant, was jargon-y and dense.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。